Queen of the Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries: Fabric and a 6th birthday

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Fabric and a 6th birthday

Even though I didn't go to the Sydney Quilt Show this year I was there with all the gals in Spirit

I bought a little stash of fabric at half price at Hobbysew

And then for something completely different I joined a Tilda Club

Soooooo different from my usual rich, dark colours above but oh so pretty and I was oh so tempted so caved in

My little Grandie Lidija celebrating her 6th birthday last night

Along with JoJo.......see how they are both holding hands......very sweet

And this morning her Mum is making a beautiful mud cake for 6 little guests

While the Birthday Girl dries her hair......how ingenious is this!!!

Happy Birthday Princess Lidija xoxo

10 comments:

Cheryll said...: HaPPy BiRTHDaY little cutie!
Lovely post and I hope you enjoy the "party". :); July 12, 2014 at 10:23 AM
Anonymous said...: enjoy your time with your family Dzintra,happy birthday sweetie and love the pic of the birthday girl and JoJo holding hands.xx; July 12, 2014 at 1:42 PM
Rachaeldaisy said...: Happy Birthday to Lidija!! The celebration looks like fun, and the cake looks delicious. I've been seeing those pretty Tilda fabrics around, I know they'll inspire many beautiful projects.; July 12, 2014 at 2:05 PM
RitaGri said...: Sveicieni mazajai un jau lielajai - 6 gadi Lidijai! Man ir māsa Lidija :); July 12, 2014 at 5:25 PM
Susan said...: We missed you at the show. Lovely fabrics, and Tilda is so hard to resist. Happy Birthday to Lidija; July 12, 2014 at 7:44 PM
Susan said...: Very energy efficient too! Enjoy!; July 12, 2014 at 9:32 PM
Castles Crowns and Cottages said...: teeehee.....now that is a brilliant way to get the hair ready for such a special party! HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY little princess!!!! Hello there sweet Dzintra! Anita; July 12, 2014 at 9:49 PM
KimM said...: What a cutie!! Enjoy your time with family.
xxx; July 12, 2014 at 10:40 PM
Fiona said...: happy birthday to your gorgeous grandie....
Hugz; July 13, 2014 at 9:00 AM
Peg - Happy In Quilting said...: Happy Birthdy to your Grandie, she is a cutie...; July 13, 2014 at 5:21 PM

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I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this ...

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Colosseum, Michelangelo's David - the gondolas of Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, 'Welcome to Holland'.

'Holland'? You say. 'What do you mean Holland? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy'.

But there has been a change in the flight plan. They have landed in Holland, and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, filthy place, full of famine and disease. It's just a different place. So you must buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while, you look around, and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills, Holland has tulips, Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they are all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say, 'Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That is what I had planned'.

The pain of that will never go away, because the loss of a dream is a very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.

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A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sow;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Fabric and a 6th birthday

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